Saint-Saturnin

Identity

Saint-Saturnin (INSEE 15213) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 186 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15213-saint-saturnin

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,549 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN DE LA SANTOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GENTIL BAR TRANQUILLE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SATURNIN AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 210 (2012) → 186 (2023): -11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 186 (2023): -41.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 34.7 % second homes and 26.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cheylade): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ségur-les-Villas): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Condat): 10.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Marcenat): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lugarde): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MARCENAT weather station, 6.1 km away at 1,075 m; the village itself is at 951 m. ^[13]

The village sits 124 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 6.1 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 124 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SEGUR-LES-VILLA, 3.8 km away at 1,045 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15213/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15213/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15213/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15213/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15049
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15225
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15054
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15114
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15110
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024